By Admin 
Super Smash: In New Zealand’s domestic T20 tournament Super Smash, cricket fans once again got to see how quickly time changes in this game. The player whose previous match had ended without opening his account, became the biggest match winner of the team within 48 hours. This is the story of New Zealand’s experienced batsman Martin Guptill, who completely changed the course of the match in just 23 minutes.
Canterbury’s weak batting
This match was played between Canterbury and Auckland. Batting first, the Canterbury team could not do anything special and were restricted to 132 runs in 20 overs. The batsmen had trouble standing against the Auckland bowlers. Leo Carter scored the maximum 39 runs for Canterbury, but apart from him no other player could play a big innings. Due to the small score, Auckland clearly looked to be in a strong position.
Auckland’s fast start
The Auckland team, which came to chase the target of 133 runs, adopted an aggressive attitude from the very beginning. The opening batsmen scored runs quickly and the team’s score crossed 60 in just five overs. Although the first wicket fell during this period, it did not have any significant impact on the team’s pace.
Martin Guptill’s stormy innings of 23 minutes
Martin Guptill came to the crease after the fall of the first wicket. This was the same player who was out for zero in the match played two days ago. However, Guptill’s style in this match was completely different. As soon as he came, he started playing big shots and did not give any chance to the Canterbury bowlers to recover.
Guptill spent only 23 minutes at the crease, but in that time he completely finished the match. He scored unbeaten 39 runs on 15 balls. In this short but explosive innings, he hit 2 fours and 4 sixes. His strike rate was 260, which is considered very special for any batsman in T20 cricket.
win in half overs
The effect of Guptill’s fast batting was that Auckland achieved the target very quickly. The team finished the match in just 10.1 overs and registered a big win by 9 wickets. This victory was also special because Guptill wrote the entire story of becoming a hero from zero within 48 hours.